LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self signed a lifetime contract Tuesday that will pay him $53 million over the first five years, easily surpassing Kentucky coach John Calipari for the richest deal ever…

Allen County voters overwhelmingly rejected Tuesday a proposed $9.95 million bond issue to renovate the Allen County Courthouse. Of 2,510 advance and election ballots counted, 1,897, or 76%, were against the measure. Such huge margins…

View dozens more photos of the performance here. “Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination,” Willy Wonka entreats his eager guests. Iola High School’s drama department takes it from there…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nearly a month after a “security incident” with all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack, Kansas judicial officials are slowly renewing public access to court information. But for now, that access…

Debbie Menzie was surprised to receive a notice that her home is now in a floodplain. It’s never flooded at her home in the north part of Iola, just off Washington Street. Not even close.…

This page will continue to be updated as election results come in. Last update: Wednesday, 8:24 a.m. A total of 457 advance ballots and 2,053 Election Day votes have been counted.  With advance and Election…

On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, a former engineering director at the social media giant who…

NEW YORK (AP) — WeWork has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, marking a stunning fall for the office sharing company once seen as a Wall Street darling that promised to upend the way people…

A new University of Georgia study found one in eight military families with children have visited a food bank in a recent 12-month stretch. The research, published recently by the Public Health Nutrition journal, also…

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency Tuesday as firefighters responded to two wildfires amid dry conditions and high winds. The declaration allows Virginia to mobilize additional resources, staff and equipment to help…